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Title: Norse Mythology


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Norse Mythology
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Textual Origins
Beowulf -- Old English Nibelungenlied -- German
legends The Eddas -- Icelandic accounts of
battles, legends, religion
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Modern Interpretations
  • J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
  • Richard Wagner
  • The Ring of the Nibelung
  • The Rheingold (Das Rheingold)
  • The Valkyrie (Die Walkurë)
  • Siegfried (Siegfried)
  • Twilight of the Gods (Götterdämmerung)

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The Geography
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Iceland

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In the Beginning...
6
Three regions
  • Niflheim (land of snow/cold)
  • Ginnungagap
  • Muspelheim (land of fire)

7
Earliest creatures
Ymir -- a giant Audhumla -- a giant
cow Audhumla licked the ice and uncovered
the giant Buri
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Buri married a Jotar and had 3 sons
  • Odin
  • Ve
  • Vili

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And then the conflict began
10
Civil WarGods vs. Jotars
  • Death of Ymir
  • Resulting creation
  • Bergelmir
  • Blood Feud

11
Holding up Ymirs skull
Four dwarfs names were Nordri, Sudri, Austri,
and Vestri
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The Lands of Norse Mythology
  • Creation was all tied together by Yggdrasil
  • At its base were the 3 Norns who guarded the Well
    of Mimir (Urd, Verdandi, Skuld)

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Midgard -mortals Alfheim - elves Darkalfheim -
dwarfs Jotunheim - Jotars (frost giants) Asgard -
gods Hel -dead
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Odin
  • Battle, death, inspiration
  • Also called Woden, Wotan
  • Sleipnir
  • Runes
  • Berserks
  • Sacrificed an eye

16
Thor
  • Thunder
  • Mjolnir
  • Gloves
  • Belt of strength

17
Heimdall
  • Watchman of Asgard
  • Gjallarhorn

18
Njord
  • North Wind, sea, wealth
  • father of Frey Freyja

19
Loki
  • Mischief
  • Originally a Jotar
  • Shape changer
  • Father of
  • Fenrir, Sleipnir, Hel, World Serpent
  • Wife giantess Angurboda

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Tyr
  • Battle
  • One-handed

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Bragi
  • Poetry, words
  • Welcomed heroes to Valhalla

22
Valkyries
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Balder
  • Sun
  • Killed by Hoder
  • Remember Osiris, Bacchus, Mithras

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Frey
  • Harvest, peace, fertility
  • Lived in Alfheim
  • Skidbladnir

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Frigg
  • Women
  • Wife of Odin

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Freyja
  • Love
  • Twin of Frey
  • Falcon
  • Good luck to be married on her day

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Hel
  • The Dead
  • Hel Erebus

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Ragnarok
  • End of the world
  • Similar to Christian concepts
  • Good vs. Evil
  • Surt
  • But...
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